1. Ms. Suha jawabreh Lecture # 8 :Practice
Oral Communication
Ms. Suha jawabreh
Lecture # 8 :Practice

2. Speaking Activity #2: How would you describe and analyze this cartoon ?
-A cartoon is a special kind of visual text. It usually combines a drawing with a text. -Cartoons often pick on one current news event and criticize people, institutions or developments in society and politics by making fun of them. -The following devices are often used to achieve this aim: exaggeration • irony • contrast between picture and text • symbols. -In analyzing a cartoon, you should consider its context before you talk about what is being criticized.

3. Cartoon #1

4. Cartoon # 2

5. Cartoon # 3

6. Speaking Activity # 3 : Watching and Analyzing a video

7. Speaking Activity # 4: Create a Conversation!
Create a Conversation! Each pair of students is required to create a one-minute conversation between: 1. A father and a son. 2. Two students in their first class of the term. 3. You and a stranger at the coffeehouse. Note: Incorporate Communication principles that you learned in this class!

8. Speaking Activity # 5: Impromptu Speaking
Impromtu Speaking! (spontaneous speech) A student is required to pick up a slip of paper randomly . Each slip of paper has a topic that the student is required to talk about in front of the class for 1-2 minutes.